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Bankruptcy,
Civil Litigation,
Law Practice

May 18, 2021

Are mega attorney fees in mega Chapter 11s unavoidable?

The recently reported mega attorney fees in the mega NRA and Boy Scout Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases made me think of the end of Charles Dickens’ “Bleak House”: The estate is gone, eaten up by legal fees.

Catherine E. Bauer

Judge (ret.)
Signature Resolution LLC

USC Law School

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The recently reported mega attorney fees in the mega NRA and Boy Scout Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases made me think of the end of Charles Dickens' "Bleak House": The estate is gone, eaten up by legal fees. "Bleak House" was not about a bankruptcy case of course, but about real (OK, fictional) people who thought they were going to get money. No. Sorry. Complicated and long case. No money for you.

As a bankruptcy judge, I was never fond ...

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